Cisco ASA Pricing, License Cost and Setup

Frank Theilen

IT Adviser/Manager with 51-200 employees

If you look for user internet access, many new products can help with filtering and rules or procedures, like Meraki. This replaces the purpose of proxy servers. If you have to secure web servers from the internet, you need a decent firewall with web features to process the requests and redirect traffic to web servers. Cisco is no longer the only vendor offering these features. With Microsoft TMG out of the race, others have to push in. But firewalls are also no longer the first frontier of security. Cloud services are in there as well. View full review »

Principal Network Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Always plan ahead for three years. In other words, do not buy a firewall on what your needs are today, but try to predict where you will be three years from now in terms of bandwidth, security requirements, and changes in organizational design. This applies to any vendor, not just this product. I find that I always need to buy a higher level product than the specifications request in order to be safe. View full review »

Fabrizio Volpe

Senior Consultant at Unify Square

Cisco devices are for sure costly and budget could be an important constrain on selecting them as our security solution. View full review »

NetworkE721d

Network Engineer with 201-500 employees

Everything with Cisco is expensive. My advice is that there are a lot better options out in the market now. Palo Alto is pretty decent for example, but support is the best with Cisco, hands down. All other TACs do not come close, except Arista, but they do not make firewalls. View full review »

Pete Nixon

Senior Network Security Engineer at a university

Hardware and licensing can be expensive, and licensing can be a complicated affair. I would strongly recommend you speak with your distributor to ensure you choose the right license for your needs, and read the hardware comparison guide to make sure you spec the correct hardware for your specific needs. View full review »

Alin Prodea

Network Security Administrator at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees

I have to admit that the price is high. But I think it's worth it if the stability of your solution counts for you. View full review »

Danut Agache

Computer Networking Consultant and Contractor

To discuss with Cisco Systems or their partners to gain the optimal price and to not consider, without verifying, the false information that Cisco ASA is very expensive. View full review »

Alexander Kostov

Senior IT Networking and Security Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

This is definitely not a cheap solution, but I think it is worth the investment. View full review »

Rizal Meijer

Networking Specialist at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The licensing model has been simplified and is easy to understand. The price is higher compared to UTM solutions, such as Fortinet, but in the same range as Checkpoint and Palo Alto. View full review »

it_user560229

Security Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We purchased licenses for our High Availability (HA) devices as well but they were not really needed. View full review »

Sergei Chernooki

System Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Basic features and IPs can work without subscriptions. All next-generation features require per-year payments. Enterprise customers usually agree with price and license fees, so I don't see any painful issues with pricing and licensing. View full review »

The base license is delivered with the device. This license includes IPS and user authentication. You should buy a license for an IPS update. You should also buy another license for AMP and URL filtering. These are the important licenses: BASE, IPS, AMP, and URL filtering. Apart from the base license, the other licenses are subscription based for one, three, or five years. View full review »

Syed Razvi

Network and System Engineer at a non-tech company with 201-500 employees

License and appliance costs are more expensive as compared to other vendors on the market. View full review »

We are a non-profit foundation. Our goal is the social and labor integration of people with disabilities. I think I have timely information at this point, but I'm not an expert on pricing and licensing, since Cisco has a worldwide donation program for non-profit organizations, like Microsoft does. I hope other companies follow this example. View full review »

Rizwan Siddiqi

Network Security Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Price is bit high as compared to other vendors, but Cisco ASA has reputation and most reliable product. Always go with minimum security plus license. View full review »

FrankAsi

Network Administrator at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees

Cisco has recently become very expensive. Other solutions on the market are cheaper than this solution. View full review »

AccountMe9ae

Account Manager

Price should be judged based on the above answers, among the most capable vendors. View full review »

Azar Mammadli

IT Operation Manager

Our experience last year showed us that there is no full security, so why should we pay more? Any security vendor with a user-friendly interface, with good support, on-time updates for known vulnerabilities, and reliable hardware, is acceptable for an organization. View full review »

Meei Ling Tan

Senior Network Specialist

It is too pricey if you want to activate more features in a box, which necessitates you to purchase a license. View full review »

it_user477366

Security Technical Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees